Solal's distinctive voice in his piano playing stayed surprisingly constant between his earliest releases and 1983's solo album Bluesine. At times, his piano is purely lyrical and beautiful. In other places, though, without losing the beauty or pace, he breaks up time into fragments, often by using his left hand to create a counter-rhythm. I'm less fond of the recording, which sounds too much like close-mic'ed piano strings and too little like instrument in a room—Solal's playing is about a big picture, not the microscopic sound of strings. The front cover photo of Solal is subtle and beautiful, but the font selection makes no sense.
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